Bullying

Since the first series of Big Brother Australia aired in 2001, the nation has been in the grips of reality TV fever — but are the constant arguments and vicious gossip captured on today’s hit shows making our kids mean? Parenting expert and psychotherapist Robi Ludwig is convinced the bad behaviour flaunted in popular programmes […]

An overweight 12-year-old boy from Sydney’s western suburbs became an international sensation this week, when a video of him lashing out at a school bully went ‘viral’ online. The boy, known only as ‘Casey’, is the unwitting star of the clip that was filmed on a mobile phone in the grounds of Chifley College’s Dunheved […]

One in four Australian students will be bullied at school this year. Bryce Corbett talks to TV presenter Ruby Rose about how she overcame the bullies who made her school days hell. Ruby Rose: “It only really started when I got to high school. I was never really one of those kids who blended in. […]

The school bullies of today can have devastating effects on victims now and in adulthood. Bryce Corbett looks at why bullying is on the rise, the advent of cyber bullying and why all parents have a responsibility to stamp out the perpetrators. The new school year is well and truly underway. Kids all over the […]

When I was in high school, I was mercilessly bullied by another girl in my class. Rene thought she was it and a bit, and I guess, as far as high school went, she did have it all: beauty, all the “right” friends, popularity, the best looking boyfriend. But her nastiness was relentless and I […]